Name | Swieso, Oril Herbert |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 36677562 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Spot Jammer |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 24 May 1945 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Ruckman, George Francis⇗ | Pilot | CT |
Flt. Ofcr. O'Leary, William Joseph, Jr, "Willie, Bill"⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Dulac, Albert Arthur⇗ | Navigator | TBD |
Flt. Ofcr. Rivall, Jack Wallace⇗ | Bombardier | CT |
CPL. Garstak, Jack George⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Young, Johnie Earl⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Swieso, Oril Herbert | Spot Jammer | CT |
CPL. Sorenson, Fredrick A⇗ | Tail Gunner | FCMEW |
CPL. Rice, Alonzo Robert⇗ | Flexible Gunner | FCMEW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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251⇗ | 5 January 1945 |
Target: Landing Ground Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neiderbreisig, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97960⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Turned back; unable to locate formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
252⇗ | 7 January 1945 |
Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany |
Ball Turret | 44‑6514⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
253⇗ | 8 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany |
Ball Turret | 42‑97150⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
269⇗ | 20 February 1945 |
Target: Main Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38647⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
272⇗ | 23 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Boxted Airfield, AAF Station 150. Sortie Report⇗ |
274⇗ | 25 February 1945 |
Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
278⇗ | 1 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
280⇗ | 3 March 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39164⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
282⇗ | 7 March 1945 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 44‑6898⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
285⇗ | 10 March 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
292⇗ | 19 March 1945 |
Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38647⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
294⇗ | 22 March 1945 |
Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 43‑38630⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flak damage forced the pilot to crash-land on the continent Sortie Report⇗ |
308⇗ | 10 April 1945 |
Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 44‑6898⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy and hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
309⇗ | 11 April 1945 |
Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 44‑6898⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
313⇗ | 17 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Spot Jammer | 44‑6592⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
315⇗ | 20 April 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany |
RADAR Countermeasures | 43‑39138⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
316⇗ | 25 April 1945 |
Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia |
Spot Jammer | 43‑39197⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Had one engine out due to battle damage. Landed away at A-70 (Laon/Couvron, France) on return. Sortie Report⇗ |